Conceptualizing Magnification and Scale: The Roles of Spatial Visualization and Logical Thinking

Research in Science Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-368

  Jones, M Gail ^a   Gardner, Grant ^a   Taylor, Amy R ^b   Wiebe, Eric ^a   Forrester, Jennifer ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biology; Magnification; Middle school; Science education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955757161     PISSN: 0157244X     EISSN: 15731898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11165-010-9169-2     Document Type: Article

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